It's officially my birthday! I now have an enormous photo of myself framed on the wall as you walk into the door of my apartment. AND an artist's rendition of myself on the facing wall. That's right... even my birthday gifts are apparently self-absorbed. And some are gay. Also, no one listens when you tell them not to bring presents ( Read more... )

Friday (two days from now) TTE is back at Fourth Friday at Art Works. Yay! We're doing a set at 8 and one at 9. Please tip us, as we are broke.

Also! We're starting classes again for the fall on September 18! Tuesday nights! Tell your friends! Read all about it!

I feel like everyone loves me today ( Read more... )

It was ostensibly just costume photos from a member of the Detroit PURE group (and dude! they have THIRTY people!), but it sparked a couple of dismissive comments about cultural appropriation followed by some more investigative ones followed by some really unfounded notions that PERFORMANCE IS NEVER ACTIVIST ( Read more... )

My weekend actually started Wednesday with dance practice. ( What we do to prep for a big performance, if you're interested )

I am cleaning the house. I have done closets & the bathroom grout. That's intense cleaning. Ironically, the rest of the house looks just as sloppy as ever ( Read more... )

Last night, $DANCE_DEITY smiled down on us, I tell ya. We were gooood. The musicians overpowered the shitty acoustics at Plant Zero for the ROSMY set and rocked that joint (cutegaychick in particular pretty much drummed her whole awesome self out, necessitating 30 minute crash between sets). Every time I looked over at the chorus when arovd and I were duetifying or ( Read more... )

TTE is doing both a performance at ROSMY's annual art auction and a set at Art Works on Friday 6/22 ( Read more... )

I can't say "left" and then "right" without thinking of that Chemical Brothers song. Which this really has nothing to do with.

( I've been thinking about the dance- and injury-related laterality issues I have, then this seemingly endless debate about the sidedness of ATS - and really what that says about dancers' awareness and understanding of physicality. )

I don't think I picked up the harp or did anything other than recuperative CST stuff all weekend. I slept weirdly (3 hours one night, 15 the next) and ( danced. )